What do we mean when we talk about improvement in general practice?
The increasing demand for services provided in primary care means we are under pressure to deliver more and more. How we manage this growing workload has an impact on the quality of care we are able to provide our patients.
The Safer General Practice (Safer GP) programme is a new area of work introduced to Safer Salford in 2019, and is aligned to support practices work towards core elements of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Practices within each neighbourhood in Salford will be supported to work together on a shared improvement aim, with access to improvement expertise, resources and methodologies.
Broughton: to reduce wait times for routine appointments
Eccles and Irlam: to reduce incidence of high blood glucose (Hba1C) for patients with diabetes
Ordsall and Claremont: to increase uptake of cytology / cervical smears
Swinton: to improve attendance for childhood asthma reviews
Walkden and Little Hulton: to reduce daily intake of morphine equivalent medications for patients on high prescriptions
Improvement resources:
Content for Session 1 (planning improvement) and Session 2 (leading improvement)
Understanding the problem toolkit: process mapping, spaghetti diagrams and the 5 whys
Charting Template (run chart and SPC)
Case Study:
Quality Improvement in Action: Primary Care Networks
Find out more about our Safer General Practice work